WTD: Help w/Networking my Amigas (at 100MBS)

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I've got a DKB Wildfire060 accelerator for my A2000, but I use an A1200 as my main computer.  I've got a wireless-G broadband router with Vonage VoIP service into a motorola SB5100 cable modem over Comcast.  I'm using MiamiDx as my TCP stack.


I've got many questions:

1) What else do I need to s/w wise & h/w wise network my Amigas locally, as I've got 1 A4000, a couple of A1200s, & a A500?  Can using my A2000 with the DKB WildFire060 actually achieve 100 MPS locally with my A1200 & A4000?

2) What PCMCIA modem would I need to got on my A1200 to be able to get 100MBS throughput?   I'm currently using a 3Com EtherLink III 3C589D-TP on the A1200.  I'm strongly considering replacing it with another type since I d/l-ed both Debian & NetBSD m68k Linux that I wish to install and, apparently, there are no drivers for the 3C589D-TP, nor does it appear that it can exceed 10 MBS.  I've also go the Interworks I-Card PCMCIA Ethernet Adapter for the Amiga A600 & A1200 computers.  I've never got this card to work properly.  Is it a well-known paperweight, or can I get it working?  Also, what is the fastest TCP stack for the 68k Amiga?  I have the Blizzard 1260 in my A1200.

3) I've got an Ameristar A4066 Z-III Ethernet card for the A4000 I've yet to install in it.  What's the fastest it can go?  How could I get 100 MBS on the A4000 if not with this card?

4) I've got 1 A2000 with a DKB Wildfire060 accelerator.  I've only found out recently that this is the only solution for the A2000 that can handle 100MBS.  What s/w would I need to network my A1200, A4000, & A2000 @ 100 MBS?

5) I think I saw something just recently on eBay that can network an A500.  What was that?

6) BTW, I've got the Envoy 3 CD, but haven't done anything with it yet.  Are there any updates to it that I should be aware of & can the Envoy 3 CD help me here?  Can it do 100 MBS or even 1000 MBS?

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Robert17 wrote:
I thought the WildFire accelerator ethernet was 10mbit?

Even if you could get a 100mbit card to work, I doubt it would yield much of a speed improvement over a 10mbit card.

And where on earth did you manage to obtain a wildfire card from?!?!

Robert

I thought so too, until someone sent me this link on another thread:

Amiga Hardware Database - DKB Wildfire

I got it years ago from a guy called Hal (Bowers?)here in the states, as he was liquidating his Amiga dealership.  I paid in the high $300s if I remember correctly.

BTW, you'll notice in the photo that just below the Fast SCSI-2 connector is the ethernet twisted pair connector.  This is on the external side of the edge connector.

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Zac67 wrote:
I don't think the PCMCIA port is fast enough for >10 Mbps

I was reading the info concerning using a PCMCIA ethernet card under NetBSD that some 100Mbps PCMCIA ethernet cards can achieve 11Mbps on the A1200 under NetBSD m68k Linux.  No MiamiDx TCP stack to slow it down.

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Matt_H,

Thanks for the tips!  IIRC, wasn't some updating to Envoy involved the printer sharing under the network, now that I think of it?

I won't get around to this, though for another month, at least.  I'll map out my strategy then.  I've got so much on my plate right now. :crazy: